Chapter 5

SELENA

“What?” I raised a brow at Logan, “what are you talking about? If he didn’t send it, then who did?”

He held my eyes for a second or two before he responded,

“I did. Every single gift you received while he was away was sent by me.”

“What?!”

“I knew you felt very alone with him gone and not a message from him, I just wanted to make you happy, so I sent those messages and gifts and made it look like they were from Lucian.” He explained further, and I just couldn’t believe my ears.

All these years, and it was never Lucian? He never sent me any gifts!

It all made sense now, the reason he had said he didn’t recognize the necklace. The reason there was no affection in his eyes.

“Knowing that he forgot you, I knew it would break you, so after waiting for days for his message and there was none, I decided to fill that role than come back empty handed to you.”

“Selena I…”

“No, no, wait.” I stopped him, standing up sharply and pulling my hand away from his, “you don’t have to explain.”

I immediately took off the necklace as I paced the length of the room anxiously. The truth of what he had just said hit me so hard that I couldn’t even listen to him say it anymore.

Why would he do that?

All manner of thoughts rushed into my head, and I became worried about the reasons behind his intentions. I didn’t want to think any deeper into it because it was just something impossible.

I always knew Logan cared a little more than the others, but I never thought he would be bold enough to hint at his feelings, especially not when Lucian was back home.

Lucian was the Alpha, and he was the beta. How could a beta love his Alpha’s Luna?

It only meant one thing, death.

He was a dear friend to me, one I would always appreciate but it could never be more than that, he had to stay in that friend zone, no matter what, he just had to, if not for his life then for everyone’s sake.

“He doesn’t deserve you, Selena. Someone who would hurt you this much simply because of a woman he thinks he feels a mate bond with doesn’t deserve you.” He said, and I cocked my head sideways to look at him.

“And why do you think that?”

“You’ve spent years of your life trying to achieve whatever you thought was best for this pack, I watched you, Selena, and I have never seen a woman as selfless as you are.” He paused and took a deep breath.

“I respect you and your position enough to never want to see you get kicked out like some garbage or like someone that they no longer find useful, that was why I defended you with everything I could in that meeting with the council but one thing I must admit is that, I never want to see you unhappy, no matter the circumstances.”

Unsure of what to say, I just listened to him without saying a single word. He took my silence as a sign of agreement and continued,

“In as much as I never want you to leave Selena, if at any point at all, your stay here turns into torment and all you feel is pain, suffering and sadness then I would never stop you from leaving, in fact, I would support that decision. Any decision you make at the end of the day, I would always support it because I just want you to be happy.”

He was wrong to think I wanted to leave, I would admit to being in pain but that wasn’t enough to make me leave because I wasn’t staying back for Lucian, I was staying back for something that mattered so much more to me than he ever would.

For the one thing I had dedicated a lot of myself to.

“I am staying for the pack, not for Lucian, I can’t bear to see my efforts getting ruined by a childish Alpha like him.” I responded, and his eyes lit up with some sort of glow that I couldn’t comprehend.